Policymakers should encourage greener grids for local Bitcoin mining, Carter suggested. Castle Island Ventures’ Nic Carter doesn’t think Elon Musk is the right person to lead the “clean Bitcoin“ debate, “possibly not as far as the Bitcoin community is concerned.” He told Bloomberg, “Bitcoiners are still intensely skeptical of Musk, and they view him as conflicted …
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Coinbase has launched a fact-checking portal to combat “misinformation and mischaracterizations about Coinbase or crypto” being shared online. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has announced the launch of what he’s calling a “Fact-Check” via the company’s blog. In a May 27 post titled “Announcing Coinbase Fact Check: Decentralizing Truth in the Age of Misinformation,” Armstrong expressed …
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The new bridge will allow Ren’s ERC-20 representations of BTC, BCH, DOGE, FIL, LUNA, ZEC, and DGB can now be transferred onto the Polygon network. The launch of the new Polygon x RenVM Bridge was announced to Twitter by Polygon on May 28, who emphasized the bridge will allow Bitcoin and other assets to be …
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Coins earned by staking have been “created” and are not taxable until sold according to one couple in the U.S. A couple investing in crypto have claimed that coins gained by mining or staking are not taxable until sold, in a complaint filed to federal court. The Tennessee couple are seeking a refund from the …
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Uniswap is now planning layer-two deployments on both Arbitrum and Optimism. The Uniswap community has voted in favor of launching the leading decentralized exchange’s v3 iteration on layer-two scaling solution, Arbitrum. Uniswap’s creator, Hayden Adams, announced the vote on May 27, revealing the proposal’s governance vote received 41.35 million votes in favor and zero opposing …
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Despite the surging crypto market rally, Nvidia believes its record first-quarter earnings are the result of high demand from the gaming industry. Nvidia, a leading manufacturer of graphics processing units, or GPUs, has announced record earnings for Q1 2021. However, the firm has downplayed the role of the crypto bull market in driving its impressive …
Billionaire Carl Icahn may invest up to $1.5 billion into crypto while noting that “much of the cryptocurrency issued today will not survive.” Former crypto skeptic Carl Icahn, the founder of Icahn Enterprises, told Bloomberg he’s set to enter the crypto market in a “big way” — teasing an investment of around $1.5 billion. Icahn …
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DeFi showed tremendous strength during last week’s sell-off as DEX activity and stablecoin stability prove the sector may be ready for mass adoption. The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector faced its first real challenge during last week’s market sell-off that saw more than $1 trillion wiped from the global cryptocurrency market cap as traders feverishly ran …
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Altcoins moved higher while a lack of buy volume prevented Bitcoin and Ethereum price from breaking out after the completion of a bullish inverse head and shoulders pattern. On May 26 the the bullish momentum that had propelled Bitcoin and altcoins into a relief rally was somewhat subdued as traders remain unsure of what may …
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Prior to Wednesday’s decision, PayPal users weren’t allowed to move their holdings off the platform. PayPal’s embrace of cryptocurrencies appears to be growing after the payments provider revealed that it will allow users to withdraw their digital assets to third-party wallets. The news, which was reported by Reuters Wednesday afternoon, comes just seven months after …
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CEOs of major American banking institutions are heading to Washington to face legislators’ questions about how they will aid a post-pandemic economic recovery. Major Wall Street bank executives will appear before the United States Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday to discuss the role of their financial institutions in the recovery of the American economy. Democratic …
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Bitcoin price is struggling to regain the $42,000 support as bears hold a $585 million advantage ahead of Friday’s $2.1 billion BTC options expiry. A total of 53,400 Bitcoin (BTC) options are set to expiry on Friday, May 28. At first sight, bulls appear to lead as the $2.1 billion open interest call (buy) to …
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Under the terms of the agreement, TechX will acquire a 100% stake in the digital wallet and payments technology company. TechX Technologies Inc., a publicly traded company out of Vancouver, Canada, is in the process of acquiring a fiat-to-crypto gateway that it says will help strengthen synergies between traditional fiat currencies and emerging crypto assets. …
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Dip-buyers catalyzed a strong relief rally in Bitcoin and altcoins but decreasing volumes and overhead resistance suggest the market is losing momentum. A strong bull market tends to attract speculators and newbie traders who hop on to the rally with an aim to get rich quickly. In their eagerness to earn huge profits, traders throw …
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The bill was co-authored with the cryptocurrency firm Telcoin and introduced by Republican state senator Mike Flood. A crypto-friendly bill — co-authored by a cryptocurrency firm and first introduced by Republican state senator Mike Flood this January — was signed into law today in Nebraska. The Nebraska Financial Innovation Act was one of Senator Flood’s first …
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